May 26, 2017 at 9:30 AM - Board of Trustees Meeting
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                                        1. Call to Order                 
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                                        1.A. Roll Call                 
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                                        1.B. Establishment of a Quorum                 
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                                        1.C. Vision, Mission, Beliefs and Goals                 
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                                        2. Consider the minutes of the regular meeting of the Region 8 ESC Board of Directors of Thursday, April 27, 2017                 
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                                        3. Administrative Reports                 
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                                        3.A. Chief Financial Officer Report                 
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                                        3.A.1.  Report from Accounting Department                 
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                                        3.B. Academic Services Report                 
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                                        3.B.1. Special Services Report                 
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                                        3.B.2. State and Federal Programs Report                 
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                                        3.B.3. Curriculum Report                 
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                                        3.C. Operations and Leadership Report                 
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                                        3.C.1. Report from Leadership Support and Development                 
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                                        3.C.2. Information Services Report                 
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                                        3.C.3. Technology Report                 
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                                        3.D. TIPS Cooperative Report                 
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                                        3.E. Executive Director Report                 
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                                        4. Public Forum                 
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                                        5. Matters Requiring Board Approval                 
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                                        5.A. Approve the appointment of James Morton, Place 2, and Mickey Allen, Place 5, to the Region 8 ESC Board of Directors, effective June 1, 2017 to  
                            May 31, 2020.  | 
    
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                                        5.B. Consider the Financial Reports for April 2017.                 
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                                        5.C. Consider the Budget Amendments for April 2017.                 
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                                        5.D. Consider to approve the following memberships for 2017-2018 school year: 
                            ____TASA – Texas Association of School Administrators ____TASB – Texas Association of School Boards ____TACS – Texas Association of Community Schools ____TREA – Texas Rural Education Association  | 
    
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                                        5.E. Consider the approval to re-employ the firm of Caver and Setser as Auditors for Region 8 ESC for 2017-2018.                 
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                                        5.F. Consider appointing the Region 8 TASB Delegate and Alternate to the Fall TASA/TASB  
                            Convention in Dallas, October 6-8, 2017.  | 
    
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                                        5.G. Consider approval of Region 8 Food Cooperative Purchasing RFP recommendations of  
                            Vendors for 2017-2018.  | 
    
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                                        5.H. Consider approval of RFP 1042816 General Services be retroactively extended for a period  
                            from April 27, 2017 until August 24, 2017, because it is in the best interest of the ESC Region 8, TIPS and its members, including school districts.  | 
    
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                                        5.I. Consider approval of Vision, Mission, Beliefs and Motto of Region 8 ESC.                 
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                                        5.J. Consider approval of TIPS Vendor Contracts.                 
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                                        6. Executive Session                 
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                                        6.A. Personnel                      
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                                        7. Reconvene                 
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                                        8. Personnel                 
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                                        8.A. Consider adopting the 2017-2018 Salary Schedules for Region 8 Personnel.                 
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                                        8.B. Confirm the employment /resignation / retirement of the following staff: 
                            Employment – Resignation – Retirement -  | 
    
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                                        9. Adjourn                 
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